The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-01-15

IRE hEmEDNs
The labor horoscope presents many and
varied pictures of the future Of the masses
who earn their bread by the sweat Of their
brow, The struggles that from time to
, time shake thslabor world to its very foun-
dation are in most cases but imaginary
cevils that find their growth ard outcome
through the socialistic ana anarchstic
Stendencies which imbue and control the
Bm0re ignorant Of wage earners. Imbued
with desires to share more literally of the
profits accruing from their labor they be-
come the followers Of false, delusiye dog
ima; blinded to The better and safer accom-
plishment of the ends, for which the labor
ing masses of the world have united, they
leading theory which will land them even
tually in the slough of despond." To the
wage earners of America duty has fallen
--one which from necessity must needs
command their attention, ,and in command
ing their attention demands their hearty
cooperation. The work is great and
rmighty-the result is within the reach of
reyery son of toil-and when accomplished
will place the laboring masses Of America
upon higher and nobler plane of ad
vancenent than are the wage earners ofany
.other land. That duty is the EDUCATION
of yourself, your family and your brother
,toers. Education will wipe out the false
theories and delusive policies which to-day
;nt 1,n al nh Nd
put them upon higher plane of intelligent
sthought and action than heretofore. The
-'poor ignorant workingman' who has so
Hong been the object of pity and compassion
Iby the philanthropist of the past and of to-
,day, will become an item in history only;
land we can expect to see a more healthful
condition of labor and capital than exists at
ithis time. The result of honest, earnest
effort can be seen by glancing over the
biographies of Americas greatest men
men who like Lincoln, Grant, Garfield,
Logan and CleYeand have risen to the
highest offices within the gift of free and
generous people form positions in life
which in many instances were the most
4iONly anu lulpNNuIllObS' L HC lJvooIbilltIto
,of the new world are in no way restricted ;
along the rugged path of him who tolls for
"a subsistence, the same bright prospects, the
same opening and opportunities of elevation
ARE strewn as along the fower-lined way OF
those who have been more fortunately re-
membeYeH in the distribution of worldly
goods. However, EDUCATION will remedy
;all the present evils-it will produce health
ful thought which will result in logical ac-
tion-socalism, ,anarchism and all the Other
isms which retard the labor cause will be
cast aside and substantial ideas and action
take their place. The result Of such a con-
.dition of affairs is too apparant to need
further comment by ms, suffice it to say
when such an era dawns boycctts, strikes
and all the misleading policies of to-day
will be cast aside and the laboring masses
will go marching on, better, nobler and
.grander eXponents of the rights of free
people than the present pictures them.
Education will scatter the seed of discord
ITO the four winds of the world; education
will sow the seed of prosperity and success
and give us happy and pleasant homes.
Your duty is doubly apparent, you owe it
to yourself, your family and your country
not to neglect it. Do your duty and do ii
well.